Pupils’ Views on the Future in Sweden

Bibliographic Data

ID12525303
AuthorsVilgot Oscarsson (University of Gothenburg, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume2
Issue3
Pages261-277
Publication date1996-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Education Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4622 • E-ISSN: 1469-5871
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1350462960020301
OpenAlexW2077592052
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited4

This paper is concerned with how 16 year old pupils in their final year of compulsory schooling in Sweden think about the future. About 900 pupils from Grade 9 (15‐16 years old) form the investigation group. These pupils responded to the Swedish national evaluation tests in global awareness in social and civic studies during the spring term of 1992. The main finding is that the pupils have a more optimistic view of the future than has been indicated as normal for similar pupil groups in previous investigations. Another result is that the schooling processes can promote an active optimistic future orientation if the pupils are given the opportunity to practice democracy in school and are given the opportunity to develop social competence

Competence (human resources · Democracy · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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